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In this state, Charles Grandison Finney led the first university to graduate Black women. The Kirtland Temple (10[1])is in this state, (10[1])where in 1830, Lyman Beecher became president of its Lane Seminary and oversaw (-5[1])1834 abolitionist debates. A former Shaker settlement in this state names its suburb of Shaker Heights. (-5[1])A young John Brown moved to the Connecticut Western Reserve in this state, the easternmost in which public schools (10[1])were created under the Northwest Ordinance. After Virginia, this state has produced the most (10[1])U.S. Presidents. (10[1])For 10 points, the Toledo War (10[1])was fought (10[2])between Michigan and (10[1])what state, where a Roman hero is the namesake of Cincinnati? ■END■

ANSWER: Ohio [or OH] (Charles Grandison Finney led Oberlin College.)
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